Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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Thi~ invention relate~ to amine terminated liquid
polymers and their preparation.
Prior art such as U.S. 3,285,949 teaches preparation
of carboxyl-terminated liquid budadiene polymers. These polymers
may be used in turn to prepare polymers having other reactive
end groups. For example, U.S. 3,551,471 teaches preparatiOn of
hydroxyl-terminated butadiene polymers from the carboxyl-termun-
ated polymers of U.S. 3,285,949 using ethylene oxide in the
presence o~ a tertiary amine cataly~t. U.S. 3,551,472 teaches
preparation of hydroxyl-terminated butadiene polyme~s from the
carboxyl-terminated polymers of U.S. 3,285,949 using a diol
in the presence of an acid catalyst. Liquid polymers having
carbon-carbon backbones and new terminal reactive groups are
desired.
According to the invention there is provided an amine-
terminated liquid polymer having the formula
O
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Y-C- (B3 C-Y
wherein Y is a univalent radical obtained by removing hydrogen
from an amine group of an aliphatic, alicyclic, heterocyclic or
aromatic diamine containing primary and a secondary amine group,
and B is a polymeric backbone compri~ing carbon-carbon linkages.
The amine-terminated liquid polymers are prepared by
reacting a carboxyl-terminated or ester-terminated liquid
polymer having a carbon-carbon back~one with at least one
aliphatic, alicyclic or heterocyclic diamine containing primary
or a secondary group; or by reacting an acid chloride-terminated
liquid polymer having a carbon-carbon backbone with at least one
aliphatic, alicyclic, heterocyclic or aromatic diamine containing
a primary and a secondary amine group.
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The amine-terminated liquid polymers of this invention
have the formula
O O
Y-C -~- B -t C-Y
wherein Y is a univalent radical obtained by removing hydrogen
from an amine group of an aliphatic, alicyclic, heterocyclic
or aromatic diamine containing primary and a secondary amine
group, and B is a polymeric backbone comprising carbon-carbon
linkages. Generally the carbon-carbon linkages comprise at
lea~t about 9~/O by weight of total polymeric backbone weight,
more preferably at least about 95% by weight of total polymeric
backbone weight. The amine-terminated polymers contain from
about 1.7 to about3 amine groups per molecule, more preferably
from about 1.7 to about 2.3 amine groups per molecule. The
amine-terminated polymers may have Brookfield viscosities
(mea~ured using a Brookfield RVT viscometer at 27C) from
about 500 cps, to about 2,500,000 cps., more preferably from
about 500 Cp9. to about 500,000 cps.
The amine-terminated liquid polymers can be prepared
easily by reacting a carboxyl-terminated or ester-terminated
liquid polymer having a carbon-carbon backbone with at least
one aliphatic, alicyclic or heterocyclic diamine containing
a primary and a secondary amine group. Amine-terminated liquid
polymers can also be prepared easily by reacting an acid
chloride-terminated liquid polymer having a carbon-carbon
backbone with at lea~t one aliphatic, alicyclic, hetero-
cyclic or aromatic diamine containing a primary and a
secondary amine group.
The carboxyl-terminated liquid polymers used in
thi~ invention may have Brookfield viscosities from about
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500 cps. to about 500,000 cps., more preferably from about
500 cps. to about 250,000 cps., and have polymeric backbones
comprising carbon-carbon linkages. The carboxyl functional
group6 are located at least at the ends of a polymer molecule,
but there may also be additional group(s) located pendant to a
polymer backbone. The average number of total carboxyl groups
typically is from about 1.7 to about 3 groups per molecule,
more preferably from about 1.7 to 2.3 groups per molecule.
Carboxyl-terminated liquid polymers having carbon-
carbon backbone linkages may contain polymerized units of at
least one vinylidene monomer having at least one terminal
CH2= C< group and selected from the group consisting of (a)
monoolefins containlng 2 to 14 carbon atoms, more preferably
2 to 8 carbon atoms, such as ethylene, propylene, isobutylene~
l-butene, l-pentene, l-hexene, l-dodecene and the like;
(b) dienes containlng 4 to 10 carbon atoms, more preferably
4 to 8 carbon atoms, such as butadiene, isoprene, 2-iso-
; propyl-1,3-butadiene, chloroprene, and the like; (c) vinyl
and allyl esters of carboxylic acids containing 2 to 8
carbon atoms such as vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate; allyl
~ acetate, and the like, (d) vinyl and allyl ethers of alkyli~ radicals containine 1 to 8 carbon atoms such as vinyl methyl
ether, allyl methyl ether, and the like; and (e) acrylic
aclds and acrylates having the formula
R 0
i ~' 1
C~ =C-C-0-R
wherein R is hydrogen or an alkyl radical containing 1 to 3
carbon atoms and Rl is hydrogen or an alkyl radical
containing 1 to 18 carbon atoms, more preferably 1 to 8
carbon atoms, or an alkoxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, or cyano-
alkyl radical containing 2 to 12 carbon atoms, more prefer-
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ably 2 to 8 carbon atoms. Even more preferably R is
hydrogen or an alkyl radical containing 2 to 8 carbon
atoms. Examples of suitable acrylates include ethyl acrylate~
butyl acrylate, hexyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate,
dodecyl acrylate, octadecyl acrylate, methoxyethyl acrylate,
butoxyethyl acrylate, hexylthioethyl acrylate, ~-cyanoethyl
acrylate, cyanooctyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, ethyl
methacrylate, octyl methacrylate and the like. Often two
or more types of these polymerized monomeric units are
contained in the polymeric backbone.
More preferred liquid polymers contain polymerized
units of at least one vinylidene monomer having at least
one terminal CH2=C< group and are selected from the group
consisting o~ (a) monoolefins containing 2 to 14 carbon
atoms, more preferably 2 to 8 carbon atoms; (b) dienes
containing 4 to 10 carbon atoms, more preferably 4 to 8
carbon atoms; and (e) acrylic acids and acrylates having the
formula
R O
C~ =C-C-O-R
wherein R is hydrogen or an alkyl radical containing 1 to 3
carbon atoms and Rl is hydrogen or an alkyl radical containing
1 to 18 carbon atoms, more preferably 1 to 8 carbon atoms,
or an alkoxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, or cyanoalkyl radical
containing 2 to 12 carbon atoms, more preferably 2 to 8
carbon atoms. Even more preferably Rl is hydrogen or an
alkyl radical containing 2 to 8 carbon atoms. Excellent
results were obtained with dienes containing 4 to 10 carbon
atoms, more preferably 2 to 8 carbon atoms
The vinylidene monomers described above are readily
polymerized with up to about 50% by weight of at least one
comonomer selected from the group consisting of (f) vinyl
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aromatics having the formula
~H2
CH
2 ~ R2
wherein R is hydrogen or an alkyl radical containing from 1 to
4 carbon atoms, for example, styrene, ~-methyl ~tyrene, vinyl
toluene, and the like, (g) vinyl nitriles having the formula
R3
CH2=C-C--N
wherein R3 iq hydrogen or an alkyl radical containing 1 to 3
carbon atoms, such aq acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile and
the like; (h) divinyls and diacrylates 5uch as divinyl
; benzene, divinyl ether, diethylene glycol diacrylate, and the
like: (i) amides of ~,~-olefinically unsaturated carboxylic
acids containing 2 to 8 carbon atoms such as acrylamide and
the like; and (j) allyl alcohol and the like. Liquid polymer
compositions comprising polymerized units of a major amount
of at leaat one vinylidene monomer listed in (a) to (e) with
a minor amount of at lea3t one comonomer listed in (f) to (j)
are within the scope of thi~ invention.
More preferred comonomers may be selected from the
group conqi~ting of (f) vinyl aromatics having the formula
IH
CH
R2 ~ R2
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wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen,
alkyl radicals containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and (g) vinyl
nitriles having the formula
R3
CH2=C-C'N
wherein R3 is hydrogen or an alkyl radical containing 1 to 3
carbon atom~. Excellent results were obtained using styrene
and acrylonitrile.
Examples of useful liquid polymeric backbones
comprising carbon-carbon linkages include polyethylene,
polyisobutylene, polyi~oprene, polybutadiene, poly(vinyl
ethyl ether), poly(ethylacrylate) and poly(butylacrylate)
as well a~ copolymers of butadiene and acrylonitrile;
butadiene and styrene: vinyl acetate and isoprene: vinyl
ethyl ether and diallyl ether; vinyl ethyl ether and ~-methyl
-ctyrene methyl acrylate and butadiene; methyl acrylate and
ethyl acrylate methyl acrylate and butyl acrylate: methyl
acrylate and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate; ethyl acrylate and ethylene;
ethyl acrylate and i~obutylene; ethyl acrylate and isoprene:
ethyl acrylate and butadiene; ethyl acrylate and vinyl acetate
ethyl acrylate and styrene: ethyl acrylate, styrene and buta-
diene, ethyl acrylate and n-butyl acrylate ethyl acrylate,
n-butyl acrylate and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate; ethyl acrylate and
2-ethylhexyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate and acrylic acid: ethyl
acrylate and acrylamide; ethyl acrylate and allyl alcohol,
butyl acrylate, styrene and isoprene; butyl acrylate and
styrene butyl acrylate and acrylonitrile;
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and the like.
Liquid carboxyl-terminated polymers may be prepared
by free-radical polymerization using carboxyl-containing
initiators and/or modifiers as disclosed in U.S. Patent
3,285,949 and German Patent 1,150,205 and by solution
polymerization using lithium metal or organo-metallic compounds
and post-treating the polymers to form carboxyl groups as
disclosed in U.S. Patents 3,135,716 and 3,431,235. The polymers
can also be prepared by reacting liquid polymers having other
than terminal carboxyl groups with compounds so as to yield
carboxyl groups. For example, liquid carboxyl-terminated
polymers can be prepared from liquid hydroxyl-terminated
polymers by reaction with dicarboxyl compounds or anhydrides.
Liquid halogen-terminated polymers can be reacted with un-
saturated anhydrides in the presence of Lewis acids to yield
carboxyl groups. Thus, it is seen that the method of preparing
the liquid carboxyl-terminated polymer is not critical to the
invention. The essential features of the polymer are that
it have at least terminal carboxyl groups and a polymeric
backbone of carbon-carbon linkages.
Examples of preferrred liquid carboxyl-terminated
polymers include carboxyl-terminated polyethylene, carboxyl-
terminated polyisobutylene, carboxyl-terminated polybuta-
diene, carboxyl-terminated polyisoprene, carboxyl-
terminated poly(ethylacrylate), as well as carboxyl-
terminated copolymers of butadiene and acrylonitrile and
of butadiene and styrene. Carboxyl-terminated copolymers
of butadiene with acrylonitrile or styrene were found to
be especially useful. These polymers may contain from
about 50% to about 95% by weight of butadiene, from about
5% to about 40% by weight of acrylonitrile or styrene
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and ~rom about 0.5% to about 10% by weight of carboxyl,
based upon the total weight of polymer.
The carboxyl-termQnated liquid polymers can be
esterified with an aliphatic monohydric alcohol by methods
well known to the art in order to produce ester-terminated
liguid polymers. For example, a carboxyl-terminated polymer
and an aliphatic monohydric alcohol can be reacted in a
distillation column or under reflux in the presence of a
small amount of an acid catalyst. Suitable acid catalysts
inciude organic acids containing 1 to 12 carbon atoms, more
preferably 1 to 8 carbon atoms, such as acetic acid,
propionic acid, benzoic acid, monoesters and diesters of
orthophosphoric acid, alkarylsulfonic acids such as p-toluene
sul~onic acid, and the like; inorganic acids such as boric
acid, hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid and
the like, and Lewis acids such as tetraisopropyl titanate
and the like. The amount o~ acid catalyst used may be as
little as about 0.01% up to abo~t 5~ by weight based upon
total reactant weight. Suitable aliphatic monohydric alcohols
for use in the esterification reaction contain from 1 to 12
carbon atoms, more preferably from 1 to 6 carbon atoms,
and have boiling points below about 150C., more preferably
below about 100C. Primary aliphatic monohydric alcohols
are preferred. Examples of suitable aliphatic monohydric
alcohols include alkanols containing from 1 to 6 carbon
atoms, such as methanol, ethanol, l-propanol, 2-propanol,
l-butanol, 2-hexanol, 3-hexanol, and the like. Other suitable
aliphatic monohydric alcohols include 2-methoxyethanol,
2-ethoxyethanol and the like. Excellent results may be
obtained using ethanol, l-propanol or l-butanol.
The carboxyl-terminated liquid polymers can be
acylated by methods well known to the art in order to
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produce acid chloride-terminated liquid polymers. For example,
a carboxyl-terminated polymer can be reacted with thionyl
chloride to produce an acid chloride-terminated polymer.
HCl and S02 are evolved primarily as gases and are separated
easily from the acid chloride-terminated polymer, and any
excess thionyl chloride can be removed easily by vacuum
distillation or by washing with a solvent such as methanol.
Other suitable but lesQ preferred acylation agents include
phosphorus trichloride and phosphorus pentachloride.
Diamines which react well with the carboxyl-terminated,
ester-terminated and acyl-terminated polymers described hereto-
fore include aliphatic diamine~ containing from 1 to 20 carbon
atom~, more preferably from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and a primary
and a secondary amine group. Also suitable are alicyclic di-
amineq containing from 4 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably
from 4 to 12 carbon atom~, and a primary and a secondary amine
group. Heterocyclic diamines may also be used which contain
from 2 to 20 carbon atom~, re preferably from 2 to 12 carbon
atoms, and a primary and a secondary amine group. ExampleQ of
suitable diamine~ just described include 1,2-propanediamine,
4-(aminomethyl)piperidine, and N-(aminoalkyl)piperazines
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wherein each alkyl group contains from 1 to 12 carbon atoms,
more preferably 1 to 6 carbon atom~, for example, N-(2-amino-
ethyl)piperazine, N-(3-aminopropyl)piperazine, and the like.
More preferably the diamines contain amine groups
having different reactivities. The presence of amine groups
having different reactivities makes the amine-termination
reaction more likely than the coupling of the liquid polymers,
and a qmaller amine excess is required in order to avoid
coupling. Examples of more preferred amines include some hetero-
cyclic amines, for example, 4-(aminomethyl)piperidine and N-
(aminoalkyl)piperazines wherein the alkyl group contains from
1 to 12 carhon atoms, more preferably 1 to 6 carbon atoms,
for example, N-(2-aminoethyl)piperazine, ~-(3-aminopropyl)-
piperazine, and the like. Excellent results were obtained
using ~-(2-aminoethyl)piperazine.
Aromatic diamines can be used to produce amine-
terminated polymerq. The high temperature required for
aromatic amine reaction with carboxyl-terminated polymers causes
excesqive degradation of reactants and products and is there-
fore much less preferred. However, aromatic amines react well
with the acyl-terminated polymers described heretofore.
Suitable aromatic diamines contain a:primary and a secondary
amine group bonded directly to at least one aromatic nucleus.
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~ solvent is not required for the amine-termina-
tion reaction but may be used. Mixtures of solvents may also
be used. Suitable solvents include aliphatic and cycloalipha-
tic ethers containing from 3 to 10 carbon atoms, more prefer-
ably from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, such as tetrahydrofuran, di-
ethylether and the like, halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbons
containing from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, more preferably from
1 to 6 carbon atoms, such as chloroform, carbon tetrachloride,
1,2-dichloroethylene, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene
and the like, and esters containing from 3 to 10 carbon atoms,
more preferably from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, such as eth~l
acetate, n-butyl acetate, hexyl acetate, benzyl acetate,
methyl propionate, ethyl propionate and the like. Also
suitable as solvents and more preferred are aromatic compounds
having the formula R4
F~4 ~ 4
wherein R4 is hydrogen, halogen or an alkyl radical contain-
ing 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and at least two R4s are hydrogen.
More preferably R is hydrogen, chlorine, or an alkyl radical
containing 1 tc 2 carbon atoms, and at least three R4s are
hydrogen. suitable aromatic solvents include benzene, chloro-
benzene, toluene, o-, m- and p-xylene, o-, m- and p-diethyl-
benzene, cumene, mesitylene and the like.
A sufficient quantity of at least one amine
described heretofore may be reacted with a carboxyl-
terminated, ester-terminated or acid-chloride-terminated
; liquid polymer described heretofore in order to produce
an amine-terminated liquid polymer containing from about
1.7 to about 3 amine groups per molecule. Typically
the average number of total carboxyl,
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ester or acid chloride groups in a liquid polymer before
reaction will be from about 1.7 to about 3 groups per
molecule,more preferably from about 1.7 to about 2.3
groups per molecule. In this typical case, from about
1.2 to about 6 mole equivalents~and more, more preferably
from about 1.2 to about 3 mole equivalents of at least one
amine described heretofore can be used per mole equivalent
of carboxylated, esterified or acylated liquid polymer
described heretofore. However, when the carboxylated,
esterified or acylated liquid polymer also contains
polymerized therein appreciable amounts of acrylic acid,
acrylates or the like, the amount of amine reacted must be
limited so that the amine-terminated liquid polymer contains
no more than about 1.7 to about 3 amine groups per molecule.
~o catalyst is required, and many types of mixing
apparatus can be used in the amine termination reaction.
For example, æimple mixers can be used, including turbine
stirrers as well as propeller mixers. Reaction components
can be combined in any order. The reaction mixture may be
heated (or refluxed if a solvent is used) at a temperatrue
from about 80C to about 150C, typically for about 1 to 6
hours. The amine-terminated liquid polymer may be purified
by vacuum distillation or by washing with a solvent such
as a benzene-methanol mixture, followed by drying the
polymer. Amine content of the amine-terminated liquid
polymers can be analyzed qualitatively by infrared spectros-
copy. Amine content can also be analyzed quantitatively
following the procedure described by Siggia, Quantitative
Orqanic Analvsis via Functional_Gro_ps, N.Y., Wiley and
Sons, Inc., 1963, pp. 452-456.
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The following examples illustrate the present
invention more fully.
EXAMPLES 1 - 14
The following examples demonstrate preparation of
amine-terminated liquid polymers from carboxyl-terminated
butadiene-acrylonitrile or butadiene-styrene liquid polymers
The amount of N-(2-aminoethyl)piperazine required to react
with a given amount of a carboxyl-terminated liquid polymer
was calculated using the ~ormula:
; 10 (EphrcOOH)X(Mol-Wt-AEP)x (~TP Ratio)X(Wt CTP)
100
where EphrcOOH = carboxyl equivalent weight
per hundred weight parts of
carboxyl-terminated liquid
polymer;
Mol.Wt.A p = molecular weight of N-(2-
E aminoethyl)piperazine,i.e.
129;
z~p Ratio = desired equivalent ratio of
N-(2-aminoethyl)piperazine
(AEP)to carboxyl-terminated
liquid polymer (CTP), and
Wt.CTP = weight in grams of carboxyl~
terminated liquid polymer
(CTP).
In each example a 2-liter, 4-necked glass flask
was cleaned thoroughly with soap and water, rinsed first
with water and then with acetone, and flushed with nitrogen
until dry. The flask was equipped with an air stirrer,
thermocouple,nitrogen inlet tube, and Dean Stark water trap
with water condenser. A carboxyl-terminated liquid polymer
and N-(2-aminoethyl)piperazine were charged to the flask
with stirring, and the reaction mixture was heated to about
120C using an oil bath. The flask was purged continuously
with nitrogen during reaction. After about 3 to 5 hours,
the gas inlet tube was replaced by a stopper, and the
water condenser was connected to a vacuum pump. A vacuum
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(about 20 mm hg) was drawn on the flask and maintained for
about 2 hours in order to remove excess N-(2-aminoethyl)
piperazine and other volatiles. Brookfield viscosity in
each example was measured at 27C using a Brookfield
RVT viscometer and #4 spindle. Data is set forth in
Table I.
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Several amine-terminated liquid polymers were
analyzed by infrared spectroscopy. Carboxyl carbonyl
bands at 1710 cm 1 and 1745 cm 1 were completely absent.
Amide carbonyl bands were present at 1530 cm 1 and
1675 cm~l. In order to ensure that the absence of
carboxyl carbonyl bands was not a result at least in
part of ammonium-carboxyl salt formation (absorption band
at 1550 cm~1), each amine-terminated liquid polymer was
treated with hydrochloric acid or p-toluenesulfonic acid
in a 50/50 mixture of ethanol and toluene. The acid-
treated polymer was washed, dried and analyzed again by
infrared spectroscopy. No carboxyl carbonyl absorption
bands were found.
The novel amine-terminated liquid polymers
are useful as room-temperature cure agents for epoxy resins,
as the major components in castable elastomeric systems,
1 as tougheners for epoxy resins in structural plastics and
- the like. The amine-terminated liquid polymers are also
~ useful in paints~ coatings, sealants, adhesives, and the
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